Tactical Mod Change Log

v1.4 (17 Aug 2006)

• Increased OpFor sniper rifle scope power
• Increased speed required to trigger claymores
  • Players can now move in front of a claymore while prone without triggering it
• Added 7th seat to transport helos
• Increased flag capture time
• Increased attack helo cannon explosion radius
• Increased transport helo armor
  
  Tactical Mod Map Pack 2
• Port Fear (thanks Shiner)
• Operation Frog
• Operation Compton
• Operation Greasy Mullet
• Operation Phoenix (thanks Kilrogg)

v1.3 (19 July 2006)

• Added 6th seat to APCs
• Adjusted flag position and capture radius for each CP
• Flag capture apture logic: team with a 4:1 force ratio in the capture zone can raise the flag
• Restored flag capture meter
• Decreased flag capture time
• Added MEC transport helo to Strike at Karkand 2
• Fixed rare ticket bleed bug
• Increased tracer frequency and added tracers to assault rifles
• Removed generic "Enemy spotted" radio message
• Removed shock paddle related text messages
• Increased critically wounded time and decreased killed time
• Increased duration of tinnitus effect
• Removed parachutes
• Increased AA missile damage
• Removed unused Commo-rose and map menu items
• Replaced F-35Bs with F-18s
• Decreased AT missile ammo to 3
• Increased number of bots in singleplayer to 32
• Give points to commander for kills by teammates (so CO isn't kicked for being "idle")

v1.2 (11 June 2006)

• Removed audible notification when friendly CP neutralized
• Added additional seats to heavy jeeps
• Decreased volume of distant vehicle and weapon sounds
• Increased sniper rifle accuracy
• Increased M24 damage
• Restored death scoring
• Increased flag capture radius
• Removed flag capture meter (under mini-map)
• Changed flag capture logic so that a flag can only be raised when there are no enemy in the capture radius
• Increased AT mine damage
• Added new visual effects for aircraft wrecks (thanks Djukel!)
• Added new menu background (thanks DrunkenSoul!)
  
  Maps
• Checkpoint Abadan (thanks -=f&f=- ali-tom)
• Steel Thunder (thanks IllicitFilms)
• Maszarqi Siege (thanks wolfataud)
• Jibbel City (thanks .:XDR:.FRIJJ)
• Inishail Forest (thanks Kilrogg)
  • Special thanks to WhiskeySix, DrunkenSoul, H-Hour, and jmaker for creating the custom billboards!

v1.11 (24 May 2006)

• Updated for 1.3 patch compatibility
• Decreased tank engine volume
• Increased sniper rifle scope power
• Disabled vehicle drop commander ability

v1.1 (20 May 2006)

• Increased AT missile speed
• Increased jet cannon damage
• Increased maximum sprint distance and stamina recharge time
• Decreased damage done to vehicles from fire when critically damaged
• Increased sniper rifle accuracy and decreased ammunition
• Decreased pistol accuracy and ammunition
• Decreased maximum zip line length
• Improved blood effect
• Increased starting tickets on all maps
• Added new visual and sound effects (thanks Djukel!)
• Decreased AT mine damage
• Disconnected shock paddle usage and heal ability meter
• Increased APC speed in water
• Removed external camera
• Added crosshairs to zoomed view of grenade launcher, shotgun, and tear gas launcher
• Decreased Special Forces rifle damage
• Added SIMRAD to all classes for use as binoculars
• Decreased 'Critically Wounded' time
• Decreased medikit heal speed
• Added support for FuShe Pass and Songhua Stalemate
  
  Maps
• UPDATED: Bocage 2005 for gameplay

v1.0 (31 March 2006)

• Added blood effect to limb hits
• Increased small arms bullet damage
• Removed death penalty and dynamic respawn time
• Decreased sniper rifle damage and accuracy
• Returned heal ability to supply crates
• Decreased flashbang ammo to 2
• Removed weapon round count
• Increased vehicle wreck time
• Increased the importance of holding CPs and causing ticket bleed
• Increased nametag display time of critically wounded soldiers
• Increased jet and helo cannon explosion radius
• Removed anti-tank missile guidance
• Increased anti-tank missile ammunition to 4
• Decreased SVD and Type 88 fire rate
  
  Maps (from TotalBF2 Map Pack 3)
• A.T.O.M
• Bocage 2005
• Codename Valhalla
• Operation Power Failure

v.9 (11 Mar 2006)

• Updated for patch 1.21 compatibility
• Added map auto-sizer
• Decreased grenade launcher arming delay
• Decreased anti-tank missile damage to heavy jeeps so they are set on fire
• Increased damage required to instantly kill a soldier (can't be revived)
• Decreased anti-tank missile ammunition to 3
• Decreased max grenade throw to realistic distance (pre-1.2)
• Decreased flashbang grenade effects to realistic freeze/glow/blur duration
• Decreased AA missile damage
• Decreased player movement speed, increased sprint time
• Increased time that dead soldiers and destroyed vehicles stay in the world
• Decreased vehicle wreck explosion damage so destroyed vehicles can be used for cover
• Decreased damage done to vehicles when in water or upside down
• Decreased TV guided missile damage to helicopters
• Increased boat armor and speed
• Decreased smoke grenade ammunition by half
• Decreased jet cannon explosion radius and damage
• Removed handheld weapon crosshairs
• Removed heal and repair ability of supply crates
• Removed vehicle ability icons (resupply, repair, heal)
• Fixed neutral flag bug
• Added support for Operation Clean Sweep
• Added second Black Hawk spawn on USMC carrier on Wake Island 2007
• Added dynamic team balancing by adjusting player respawn time based on team performance
• Created Tactical Mod: Special Forces (tactical-xpack)
  • Added SF items to USMC, MEC, and Chinese armies (for use on vanilla maps)
  • Added zip line to Special Forces and Sniper
    • Increased maximum length of zip line
  • Added grappling hook to Sniper, Assault, and Anti-tank
    • Increased throw strength and length of rope
  • Added tear gas launcher to Support
  • Added gas mask to all classes

v.8 (18 Feb 2006)

• Updated for 1.2 patch compatibility
• Increased friendly name tag display distance
• Decreased sniper rifle accuracy
  • M24 is the same as it was in 1.12
  • SVD and Type 88 are halfway between 1.12 and 1.2
• Limit snipers to 2 claymores out at once
• Increased Mi-28 cannon explosion radius
• Removed improved AA missile changes (covered in 1.2 patch)
• Removed indestructible mine change (covered in 1.2 patch)
• Removed increased Support LMG accuracy change (covered in 1.2 patch)
• Removed Black Hawk minigun ammunition limit
• Decreased vehicle respawn time to 90 seconds
• Increased grenade launcher ammo to 3 rounds
• Increased grenade launcher arming delay to .7 seconds
• Removed all personal scoring except for deaths
• Added boats to and increased the combat area of Strait of Hormuz (thanks icky!)
• Comments: Empty friendly locked vehicles (armor & aircraft) now appear blue
  on the map (as if a player was in them). Empty enemy locked vehicles do not
  show up on the map at all. This is a side effect of how locked vehicles are
  displayed with the 1.2 patch.

v.7 (09 Feb 2006)

• Created automatic installer (thanks for artwork Apophis!)
• Created custom desktop shortcut icon (thanks for help DrunkenSoul!)
• Increased number of tickets on all maps
• Adjusted assaulting team ticket lead for balance
• Removed hit indicator
• Increased duration of smoke from smoke grenades
• Removed accumulation of global points
• Reduced AA missile damage to helicopters
• Increased number of attack helicopter TV guided missiles to 4
  
  Maps
• Strike at Abu Dhabi
• Strait of Hormuz
• Dragon Valley
• Kubra Dam
• UPDATED: Wake Island for balance

v.6 (11 Jan 2006)

• Replace Assault smoke grenades with flashbang grenades
• Double number of smoke grenades for other classes
• Change Gulf of Oman ticket bleed to 50% + 1, give MEC 25 ticket lead
• Reduce attack helicopter resupply time so it is about the same as jets
• Decrease number of AA missiles per reload to 6
• Return attack helicopter armor to default
• Increase TV guided missile damage so it sets undamaged armor on fire
• Increase medic rifle ammo to 3 magazines
• Remove flags from Strike at Karkand
• Add Strike at Karkand 2, remove flags, clean up CP names
• Remove resupply, repair, and heal abilities while in vehicles
• Decrease jet resupply time on carrier
• Move jet repair area on carrier from back to middle
  
  Maps
• Strike at Karkand 2

v.5 (15 Dec 2005)

• UPDATED: Adjust support LMG accuracy when prone (was too accurate in .4)
• Limit support class ammokit availability
• UPDATED: Increase anti-air missile effectiveness
• Decrease attack helicopter armor, ammunition, and weapon damage
• Increase starting tickets for assaulting team on assault maps

v.4 (07 Dec 2005)

• Increase Support LMG accuracy when prone
• Don't allow medics to throw medkits
• Increase anti-air missile effectiveness
• Limit Black Hawk minigun ammunition
• Reduce Mi-28 Havoc cannon explosion radius and damage
• UPDATED: Changed player spawn time to 30 seconds + 2 seconds * # of deaths; Max player spawn time of 60 seconds.
• Gave an additional smoke grenade to the Sniper, Engineer, and Medic classes.
  
  Maps
• Daqing Oilfields
• Sharqi Peninsula
• UPDATED: Wake Island 2007 (32 and 16 player versions)

v.3

• Revive players with only a fraction of their health
• Decrease friendly name tag display distance
• Remove enemy name tags
• Redistribute grenades
• Make anti-tank mines indestructible
• Increase anti-air missile effectiveness
• Neutralize flag when enemy starts to capture it FIXED
• Reduce aircraft spawn time to equal that of all armored vehicles
• Blood visual effect
  
  Maps
• Strike at Karkand
• Wake Island 2007 (including new 32 and 16 player versions)
• Zatar Wetlands

v.2

• Changed to a client-side mod
• Added two more smoke grenades to assault class

v.1

• Server side mod
• Increased player spawn time to 30 seconds + 3 seconds * # of deaths
• Increased anti-tank missile damage
• Increased vehicle spawn time to 120 seconds
• Locked armored vehicles to team
• Removed enemy vehicle spawn at team's main flag when captured
• Replaced bombers with fighter jets
• Decreased repair rate of jets
• Decreased resupply rate of jets to require landing
• Decrease repair and resupply rate of helocopters
• Removed aircraft nose camera
• Removed commander assets (Radar, UAV, Artillery)
• Decreased flag capture radius to 3 meters
• Neutralized flag immediately upon an enemy entering it's radius
• Disabled aircraft from capturing flags
• Modified ticket bleed requirements. Double assault maps require 50%+1. Single assault maps required 50%+2 for assaulting team and 50% for defending team.
  
  Maps
• Dalian Plant
• Gulf of Oman
• Mashtuur City